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Environment Protection Act 1997
91PDirector of body corporate that is wound up
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91P Director of body corporate that is wound up
(1) The Supreme Court may make an order under this section only if
satisfied, on an application by the authority, that—
management of, the body corporate at the time when the
assessment order or remediation order was made; and
(b) there is reason to believe that the body corporate was wound up
as part of a scheme to avoid compliance with the assessment
order or remediation order.
(2) The Supreme Court may order a person to comply with an assessment
order or remediation order at the person’s own expense if the person
was a director of, or a person concerned in the management of, a body
corporate that—
(a) has been wound up within 2 years before the court’s order is
(b) has failed to comply with the assessment order or remediation
order.
(3) There is reason for belief of the kind mentioned in subsection (1) (b)
if—
(a) the body corporate carried out 1 or more transactions—
(i) that were voidable because of the Corporations Act,
section 588FE; or
(ii) that were such that the liquidator of the body corporate had
a right to recovery of cash under the Corporations Act,
section 567; or
(iii) by which the body corporate incurred a debt in relation to
which a person contravened the Corporations Act,
section 588G; and
(b) there was (at the time or times when the body corporate entered
those transactions or a substantial part of them) reason to believe
that the land was contaminated; and
(c) if a regulation made for this section applies—the prescribed
conditions are satisfied.
(4) The Supreme Court must not make an order under this section if the
person against whom the order would be made satisfies the court
(a) the person exercised due diligence to prevent the body corporate
from avoiding compliance with the assessment order or
(b) the person could not reasonably have been expected to be aware
of a scheme to avoid compliance with the assessment order or
(c) the person was not in a position to influence the conduct of the
body corporate in relation to that scheme.
(5) The fact that the relevant assessment order or remediation order was
partially complied with by the body corporate does not exclude the
possibility that there is reason to form the belief mentioned in
subsection (3).
(6) For this section, the fact that steps are taken to windup a body
corporate before the authority makes an assessment order or
remediation order in relation to the body corporate does not preclude
the Supreme Court from finding that there is reason to believe that the
body corporate was wound up as part of a scheme to avoid
compliance with the order.